Custom 870

[Rugerismisticness]

You could buy a new barrel??? Heck, even Mossberg makes 870 barrels. I dissagree, sight radius is irrelevant on a shotgun. Why? A; you shouldn't be admiring your wonderful long shiney serrated rib in the first place. B; there really isn't a rear sight to open or close "air" between front and rear sights (of which there are none on most shotguns).

There was a fellow who had just come from a gunshow with his first shotgun, a Beretta FP1201 with the 20" barrel and rifle sights. He shot suprisingly well with it, so he let me give it a go. I found that rifle sights, oddly enough, work just as well for skeet as a plain jane rib. This may be because I might not have been focused on the sight, rather the clay.

 

[TheKlawMan]

not to mention making the trap shooters freak out
Why go out of your way to be a jerk?

Zippy, my friend, some people don't have to go out of their way as it just comes natural to those with "the touch".

 

[BigJimP]

Sight plane on a shotgun is indeed a factor - in terms of how well it swings and follows thru.

You should never look at a barrel after you mount the gun ...but any kind of rifle sights on a shotgun are a big time detriment. Your eye acts as the rear sight on a shotgun - that's why we talk about "Fit" so much - the gun needs to "Fit" so it hits where you look. Mid rib beads - front beads - are used only to check the mount ( to make sure the gun is not canted as you mount it ) ...then ignore the beads as well.

I have yet to see anyone with rifle sights ...or a barrel under 26" long on a shotgun shoot skeet or trap consistently with scores in the mid 90's out of 100. Mid 90's are not great scores / they're average scores ...but I have yet to see anyone do it - and if and when they can in fact shoot in the mid 90's to a 98 average with these 18" barrels .. I may start hacking off the ends of my barrels ...but until then I will continue to stick with guns in the 30" and 32" barrels....in the field - or in Skeet, Trap, Sporting Clays...

But if you like shooting 18" barrels for skeet go ahead ...or with ghost ring sights or whatever ...( and if you can shoot in the mid 90's with it / I'll congratulate you just like I would anyone ).